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Show HORRIBLE DEATH' IN MACHINERY Threshing Machine Engineer Engi-neer Caught Between Piston Pis-ton Rod and Eccentric; Is Fearfully Mangled. SANTA MONA, Cal., July 14. Caleb Townes, a threshing machine engineer, met death In a horrlblavmanner near here yesterday. While the big machine was in motion Townes attempted to lower the smokestack smoke-stack hood. He lost his footing, fell between be-tween the piston rod and the eccentrlo and was fearfully mangled before the machine could be stopped. His left leg was denuded of flesh from he thigh down. He lived thirty minutes without losing consciousness. |